Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1887-06-08
NOVELTIES IN FIREWORKS
Wonderful Combinations in Ne"
Rockets. Tiger Lilies ana
Fancy Pens.

we're never 50 Sale ~ tAauNAC a. - =
now; they were never SO cheap; .-sy
we're never so gorgeously beau u,
nor 50 e1cruciatingly noisy. every
manufacturer Of fireworks Is cnein-
ST and keeps a chemist in his employ,
and the sole line of investigation is in
combinations of explosives which shall
make noise without limit and colored
flames in the greatest variety. There
isuo device in this line that has ever
reached the stage OF popularity at
tanned by the Roman candle. Inc
loug paper tube, with its volume OF
sparks never ceaslng and It's round
balls of bright light leaping up 10 the
tops Of the houses, is sold almost Dy
he thousand million. One would thlnk
L hard to improve the old fayorlte
colored fre-balls, but this year ruby
ball has been brought out that Will
astonjsh the spectators at all sorts or
ilsplavs. Naturally the chemist who
discovered the ruby-colored nres 1or
Roman candles adapted the same ma
terial to rockets. and the latest rocket
will burst at a great altitude and throw
out a huge cloud or Tubie5 to be fol-
lowed in a moment by cloud OF sap
phire meteOrs, and a little later by
Third burst Lf emeralds. The meteors
shoot away in true neteorjc lines and
burn for an astonishing length OF time.
Another new rocket displays golden
burst of streamers. which fly away
until finally the head of each bursts in
turn. showing a dazzling cloud or va
risgated Jewels Nothing so beautiful
has ever been produced in this line as
these. but II Is doubtful whether they
Will be any more popular than new
sort of rocket that, on bursting, throws
out a whOle circus of 9rial contor-
nonists. Tie curious way IN which
these little athletes Of flame Will dance |
about in the skies will excite the as
lonishment of every one by their nov
elty. Another new rocket Is designed
exclusively for noise, and is by some |
called the dynamite rocket. 1t has a
short, light stick, shaped like q feath-
cred arrow, which keeps 1t IN Its
course, but is still so light that an un- !
usual charge OF explosives may he
placed in the head. You see, one sort |
OF powder is placed in the body OF the
rocket to send il up into the air.
This powder serves as fuse as well as
a powder TO lift the rocket, and VIII II
the fire reaches the head or upper point
of the rocket it ignites a different sort
OF powder, which instantly explOdes,
making the noise. The noise would Re
called great if made on the ground,
but when the roar of the explosion
sounds from height of three hundred
or four hundred feet, the effect is I'M
mense. In fact, the feature Of the
trade this year is the rocket in its new
varieties, although we expect the RO-
man candles TO Outsell the rockets
very much.
However, the novelties are not con-
fined to rockets. The chemists have
been trying to initiate nature by bring.
ing out tiger lily. The tiger lily at
rest looks like pill box with string
attached to the middle OF the top, and !
it has hole in one side. The small
boy holds the end of the string at
arms length, touches his burning
punk to the hole. and instantly tie
proEaic pill box gees whirling and 6
throwing out cOlOred sparks into 4
very good semblance Of the tiger lily. |.
Another novelty is in the shape of I
Ommon red wOOlen penholder, with 8
of its length wrapped in :.
tin-foil. You grab the wooden end in I
one hand, touch of the other, and a ),
shower of golden and silver leaves =
floats away like cOlored snow. Like =,
ali Of the new fireworks, it is safe tc y y
handle. e
while not seen in this city for the
first time this year, the Chinese rattan o
bombs will be novelty throughout the q
country. The ire-cracker exists solely h
that 1t may make a noise as it goes out II
Of existence. This new bomb is made .,
up OF fire-cracker powder and paper n
into rectangular package of about q
the model of half a pound of soda =
1t is then wound around in (
every direction with many layers of o
split rattan until the package is en- h
larged to twice its original size, and
the powder is confined almost as if IN a
b0mbshell. Place it on the
lawn and IRE the fuse. The explosion s.
will make the neighbors think you 0
have purchased brass howltzer. The b
cannon fire-cracker is Z
not a circumstance. Besides the little u
package six inches through VIII have @
swelled after bursting into half a P
bushel OF rattan splinters TO the de. v
light Of the children and the astoniSh. h
ment of these who see It for the first a
time. II
THE paper fire crackers are noiseI f
this year than ever, because of 4 new
method of confining the powder. Resin
Is used instead of clay az the ends and o
around the powder, sealing in and con- C
timing the explosive more firmly. Il
"A pyrOtechnic curiosity that is a
growing in popular favor is the colored g
flying pigeon. 1t looks like a double ;
barreled rocket with q hole through d
the NIB that connects the two tubes. 81
Around the two tubes is a eolored il
wheel. You string wire between two s.
trees or posts hundred yards apart.
slipping the wire first through the hole
IN the connecting rib. Then you fire G
the fuse and away your pigeon goes. II
throwing cOlOred sparks in big cloud T
around it, and leaving long trail of n
flame and smoke behind, until. reach. :.
ing the end of the wire, it suddeBIy A
starts back again, throwing off new Il
and more beautiful combinations OF h
IRE than before. The spectators seldom +,
expect the return OF the pigeon, and If
is astonishing to them as well as de.
lightful. 1t looks about as much like II
a pigeon as a skyTocket looks like 2 h
hen hawk. :,
"a curious form of the rocket is n
called the colOred geyser. 1t is placed n,
on the ground, and when r
fired it rises, whirllng, directly upward. ~
It's appearance being much like that of
a horizontal wheel rising in the air.
ITO New Workers it IS not much -,
matter of wonderment, perhaps. but in "
the interior, wherever lakes and rivers "
are convenient, the best place for the q
exhibition OF fire works is on the y
water. Batteries, geyserS, and arlal &c &c
bouquets have been devised that can Al
oe fired on the water, while the sea
'pecialties, like the diving devils, flyinc ..
ish, floating illUmlnations, water vol. a.
'anoes, fountains, and wheels, produce m mIa
effects that TO the uninitiated seem to a.
'e magical. The diving devils are W
veil named. They are crooked rockets "